Protect our land, water, habitat, wildlife and people

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline project. This means we are in a new phase of the projects and it is important that everyone review the document and submit comments to the FERC. All comments must be received on or before December 22, 2016. You can file comments by:

using the eComment feature on the FERC website (for brief comments and no account registration required)

using the eFiling feature (allow you to attach documents and you must create an account) — make sure to use Comment on a Filing as the filing type

attending a public comment session and provide oral comments – all meetings begin at 5 p.m. (they will allow speakers to sign up until 8 p.m., each speaker is allotted 3 minutes and the meeting will end at 10 p.m.). Important Note: According to the filing “Individual verbal comments will be taken on a one-on-one basis with a stenographer (with FERC staff or representative present), called up in the order of the numbers received” — the public will NOT be allowed to hear the comments; this is another way for the FERC to try and limit our participation and is, in our opinion, absolutely appalling. The dates and locations for these sessions are:

About Preserve the NRV

Preserve the NRV is a citizen advocacy group working to stop the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline. The group will work with the citizens of the New River Valley, as well as all of the impacted regions in Virginia and West Virginia to advance a shared mission of stopping the pipeline project and, if necessary, advise on any possible construction routes and sites for the proposed pipeline that would diminish the negative consequence of the project on the environment, land, and citizens of Virginia and West Virginia.